Union Cabinet Extends Law Panel's Term Until August 2024

The extension of the 22nd Law Commission of India's tenure to August 31, 2024, was agreed by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday. The commission, a non-statutory entity, was established for the first time in 1955. Since then, it has undergone many reorganisations as a codification of the law and has already delivered 277 reports. Until February 20th, the present commission will be in place. The Twenty-second Law Commission's Chairperson and Members recently assumed their positions and have begun working on a number of ongoing projects for investigation and report. The administration issued a statement that read, "Thus, the tenure has been extended." The 22nd Law Commission will continue to point out laws that are no longer essential and suggest that such laws be repealed.It will advocate for the passing of fresh legislation in order to put the Constitution's guiding principles into practise and achieve its goals. The panel will take into account any issue pertaining to the law and judicial system and communicate its recommendations to the government. Any requests for research to be given to foreign nations that may be referred to it will be taken into consideration.Rituraj Awasthi, a former chief judge of the Karnataka high court, assumed leadership of the panel on November 7 of last year. The 22nd Law Commission may take up issues pertaining to the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for consideration, according to Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, who this month informed Parliament that the government had no plans to enact the UCC. He said that the government asked the prior group to examine UCC-related concerns and give suggestions. However on August 31, 2018, the 21st Law Commission's mandate came to an end.